To progress the old guy and his worm's quest / story, do you need to have an sword with a specific armory level?

So i was having quite a lot of fun with this game, until i got to the clearly designed pay wall, unlocked the gloves a week ago, and im stuck there, improving with just souls multipliers as i can, but is minimal, im nowhere near the cape (next weapon i guess?) i could try to save up money for a few days to get to it but it wouldnt change much because after i ascend i ll end up with the same problem. So, is there a way to make it past this wall for free or its just where the game turns pay to play ? regard...

I get that it looked cool on paper but it's honestly an absolute nightmare to use. Just the tutorial is horrendously hard as you get stuck very easily, turn around, can't jump or move around. Adding to that some obstacles designed to kill your momentum and you're screwed. The traction is miserable, you get pretty much no air time at all, and it feels less about a slingshot than just a sling made of cloth. Because of that, it makes even the tutorial frustrating and far less enjoyable than it should be. You...

I checked the wiki but can't find anything about it. I don't want to spend the points on it if it's not that great. it says if the game has not been played for 8 hours spawn a specail random box when you log in. is this just the normal one that sends you to the bonus level?...

Have four stars in Adult Yeti mastery (kill count > 25000) and "What One Does For Love" quest active, but I can't see any possibility to evolve Yetis to charged. Young Yetis already evolved to electric and total kill count > 575000... Am I missing something or it's a bug?...